M48 Marksman SPAAG
Marksman is a British anti-aircraft weapon system developed by Marconi, consisting of a turret, a Marconi Series 400 radar and two Swiss 35mm Oerlikon automatic cannons. It is similar to the German Gepard system in terms of engine performance, ammunition carried and effective range of the ammunition.
The turret could be adapted to many basic tank chassis, creating a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG). It is seen here on display at the Farnborough Air Show in 1988, mounted atop an M48 tank chassis.
The only known major operator of the system to date is the Finnish Army, which ordered seven units in 1990. The turrets were fitted on Polish T-55AM tank chassis. The system is known as the ItPsv 90 in Finnish service (Ilmatorjuntapanssarivaunu 90, Anti-Aircraft tank 90, the number being the year the tank entered service). It is considered a very accurate anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) system, having a documented hit percentage of 52.44%.
In 2010, the Marksman systems in service in Finland were moved to wartime reserve storage. In 2015 work began to install the system on the Leopard 2A4 chassis in order to make up for the loss of mobile anti-aircraft coverage when the Marksman was originally retired. The new Leopard 2 Marksman is to enter service in 2016.
The M48 Patton is a main battle tank (MBT) designed in the USA and was a further development of the M47 Patton tank. Some 12,000 were built between 1952 and 1959. The M48 Patton was in US service until replaced by the M60 and served as the US Army and USMC's primary battle tank in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
Some 1,800 M48s still remain in active service with a variant of militaries. Multiple variants have resulted in bridgelayers, flamethrowers, bulldozers and armoured recovery vehicles, as well as SPAAGs.
M48 Marksman SPAAG
Marksman is a British anti-aircraft weapon system developed by Marconi, consisting of a turret, a Marconi Series 400 radar and two Swiss 35mm Oerlikon automatic cannons. It is similar to the German Gepard system in terms of engine performance, ammunition carried and effective range of the ammunition.
The turret could be adapted to many basic tank chassis, creating a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG). It is seen here on display at the Farnborough Air Show in 1988, mounted atop an M48 tank chassis.
The only known major operator of the system to date is the Finnish Army, which ordered seven units in 1990. The turrets were fitted on Polish T-55AM tank chassis. The system is known as the ItPsv 90 in Finnish service (Ilmatorjuntapanssarivaunu 90, Anti-Aircraft tank 90, the number being the year the tank entered service). It is considered a very accurate anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) system, having a documented hit percentage of 52.44%.
In 2010, the Marksman systems in service in Finland were moved to wartime reserve storage. In 2015 work began to install the system on the Leopard 2A4 chassis in order to make up for the loss of mobile anti-aircraft coverage when the Marksman was originally retired. The new Leopard 2 Marksman is to enter service in 2016.
The M48 Patton is a main battle tank (MBT) designed in the USA and was a further development of the M47 Patton tank. Some 12,000 were built between 1952 and 1959. The M48 Patton was in US service until replaced by the M60 and served as the US Army and USMC's primary battle tank in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
Some 1,800 M48s still remain in active service with a variant of militaries. Multiple variants have resulted in bridgelayers, flamethrowers, bulldozers and armoured recovery vehicles, as well as SPAAGs.